match up students in a variety of ways, higher students with lower students, with same level
Math Problem Solving Strategies
When doing trial and error, start with small, consecutive numbers
Drawing diagrams
Systematic lists
Eliminate possibilities
Look for a pattern
Guess and check
Sub-problems (looking at smaller numbers, and use consecutive numbers)
Solve an easier related problem (related to sub-problems)
Physical representations
act it out
make a model
use manipulatives
Work backwards
Division:
Partitioning: There are 12 apples, you have 3 bags. How many apples can fit in each bag if each bag has an equal number of apples? You disperse 1 at a time.
Repeated subtraction:
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Math Problem Solving Strategies
Division:
Partitioning: There are 12 apples, you have 3 bags. How many apples can fit in each bag if each bag has an equal number of apples? You disperse 1 at a time.
Repeated subtraction:
Fractions:
3/4 * 8/5
5/8 * 8/5
You want to get a denominator of 1.